Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

by John Clare

$2,250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition of the poet's first book, one of 1000 copies that sold out in three months. xxxii, half title, errata slip, 222, 5 ads pp. 1 vols. Large 12mo. Original blue-grey boards, rebacked in white canvas, edges uncut. Interior quite clean. Tinker 636; Hayward 236; Tibble p. 202. Item #377112 Clare's first collection. The son of a farm laborer, Clare 1793-1871 is now considered one of the great

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